Improvement in smoking-pipes



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No. 140,940, V Patentedjulyjnas.

AM, mom -umbsnAPH/c co. N. dass @Ms manges) UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. MORRIs, OE BROOKLYN, AssIGNOR To HIMsELE AND ARTHUR B. Ross,OE NEW YORK, N. Y.v

IMPROVEMENT IN SMOKING-PIPES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 140,940, dated July 15,1873,' application led l March 5, 1873.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. MORRIS, of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented an Improvement inSmoking-Pipes, of which the following is a specication Before myinventionsmoking-pipes had been made with a removable bowl, so that thefresh tobacco could be added upon the previously-ignited tobacco; butthis construction is costly and difcult to clean and keep in propercondition for use.

My invention consists in a reversible bowl with movable covers at bothends, in con nection with tubular openings that lead to the stem, andsaid stem acts as a faucet to close the connection that leads to theupper end of the pipe, and open that which leads to the lower end of thebowl, so that the smoking can be continued, without relighting the pipe,by simply inserting fresh tobacco at the upper end of the bowl upon theremaining embers, then applying the cover and turning` the reversiblebowl upside down, so that the embers Willcome uppermost and light thetobacco, the smoke being drawn away atv the bottom of the bowl.

This construction greatly facilitates cleaning, because the bowl andtubular passages are open from end to end when the covers are taken off.At the same time the pipe, when in use, can be operated from either end.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a section of the said pipe, and Fig. 2 is anelevation of the same.

The stem a and mouth-piece may be either straight, as in Fig. l, orcurved, as seen in Fig. 2, and the bowl b is of suitable size and moreor less ornamental. The opening c, into which the tobacco is placed,extends right through the bowl or end b, and the caps 'd and c aremovable, and when in place t on tightly. The stem ais introduced inasocket,

f, at one side of the bowl, and the tubular passages 2 and 3 pass fromthe ends of the bowl into the said socket, and there is either g a holeor notch at the ends of these tubular passages to prevent the capsclosing them.- The end of the stem a has a lateral hole, 4, thatconnects with whichever one of the passages, 2 ory 3, may be downward,so that the smoke will be drawn from the bottom of the bowl. I

The caps or covers may be made so as to admit air when turned into acertain position, so that the top cap does not require to be re! movedor it may be taken off when the pipeV W. H. MORRIS.

Witnesses:

GEO. T. PINCKNEY, OHAs. H. SMITH.

